Abdominal and hip supporter and stocking attachment.



Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

H. ABRAMSON. ABDOMINAL AND HIP SUPPOETBR AND STOCKING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED $313.27, 1911.

INVENTDB WITNESSES tachnient of To all whom it may concern-.-

UNITED STATES PATENT orricn.

HARRY ABBAMSON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14,1913.

Be it known that I, HARRY ABRAMSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county. of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Abdominal and Hip Supporter and StockingAttachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a bandage or supporter applicable to theabdomen and hips of the wearer so the same with an upwardly holdingsupporting 'eiiect, the device being adjustable in said pressure andefiect and to dilierent sizes of bodies of wearers. The bandage isprovided with separable tabs for the atstocking or hose supporters, allas will be hereinafter'set forth thenovel features being pointed out inthe claim.

For the.purpose of explaining my invention, the accompanying asatisfactory reduction of the same topracv a band which is composed ofsaid straps being of differential lengths,

tice, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and soit is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificarrangement and organization shown and described.

The figure represents a perspective view of an abdominal and hip bandageor supporter, and a stocking and hose attachment embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawing :A designates side pieces B B of suitablefabric, the inner edges of which are cut bias on the lines C C, andjoined by the inverted V- haped gore D, the inclined edges E E of whichare secured to the bias edges C of the piece B. o

The goreD consists of ide members E which are separated from each other,the intervening space between the members being occupied by straps G ofelastic material, whose ends are secured to said members E,

straps shortening from bottom to top. 1 'The upper portions of the sidepieces B are extended laterally to a greater extent 7 than the lower po.ions thereof,;fonning the wings Hywhich constitute the upper corners ofthe band, it being seen that said piecesfB areadapted to embracethe'main portions ,of the abdomen of the wearer, and adapted to-embracethe fronts of the hip portions of the wearer.

Connected with the outer terminals of the wings H are the loops J ofelastic material as to exert pressure on drawing illustrates theApplication filed February 27, 1911. Serial 611,021.

to the bends of which are attached the hooks K, through which are passedthe waist band strings, tapes or'straps L,.which are tastened to thetops of the band A, and their ends may be tied or knotted, whereby saidstraps may be tightened thus drawing together the loops J andcausingthewings creatingpres sure on the abdomen both on the front of'the same and below, ing the abdomen, main press the flesh of vtheabdomen upwardly from below and so sustain the same, preventing saggingthereof, thus assisting the abdomen to be supported fully at the frontand sides while the supporting action of the device is. carried aroundthe sides of the .hip portions of eifectiv'e service-the extent ofpressure of The lower portions of the side pieces have therein upwardlyextending recesses 14, which form the separated tabs N, which dependfrom said pieces as well and side pieces B'to follow the same, thus thebody, thus causing the device to renderand the widest end thus holdwhilesaid wings the of the body at the sides the same being adjustable bytheelastic as the sepa- 1 rated members of the gore D. Attached to'; j",said tabs are the stocking or hose supporters P,'which owing to theseparation of said i tabs have great range of lateral motion in theconnection of said supporters with the stockings or hose whiletheycreate a downward drat't on the'body of the bandage, and assistwhen]in use, in'holding' the same taut and close on the wearer. At the sametime, when the wings H and adjacent portions of the band are drawnupwardly and laterally bythe loops J due to'thestrings L, said por-v 1home yield'upwardly more freely-than if the recesses Mfdid not xist, andso permit the wings and 'sidesof the band to adaptthemselvesito theconformation of thebody;

of the wearer and so fully embrace the body, I v and press inwardly andupwardly against 9 the same and may be worn with great comfort withoutpuckering,' wrinkling or chaft ing notions.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for The side pieces B of the bandare matched being Wide at the top and bottom, the inverted gore piecesFthrow out and so widen the band gradually toward the bottom, and imparta lateral fullness to the band where it fits more particularly aroundthe lower portion of the abdomen. The wings H extend diagonally outwardupon the side opposite the inner diagonal lines Eof the pieces B; andthe ends of the loops J are attached to said wings one loelow the otherso as to make5 as it were a broad draft on said Wings, thus causing theloops J and waist string L to draw saidwings diagonally laterally andconsequently exert outwarddrarton the pieces B in the main from top tobottom Without requiring astring, strap or belt on the. lower portion ofthe hand.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure as Let ters Patent, is An abdominal bandage formed of separateside sections and elastic members centrally connecting the same,outturned Wings on the exterior sides and corner edges of said sections,elastic loops attached to. said Wings, hooks on the opposite loops, aWaist string connected with said wings, passed through said hooks andhaving its ends adapted to be united, and stocking supporting strapsattached to the lower end of said sections.

HARRY ABRAMSON. Witnesses: 7 JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIMJ' N. Bossmenn.

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